I am sorry I missed the era of men's hats. I was looking in my 1902 Sears Roebuck catalog yesterday (at left) and noting the various names of hats.
How many folks today could distinguish a fedora from a homburg? I could not.
It's a whole pool of lexicalization that has almost faded away.
At any rate, I wrote a story that collects some snippets of views of hats in Ypsi's past that I hope you enjoy.
